Stereochemical effects on the mechanism of the ozonolysis of (E)- and (Z)-o-(2-phenyl-3-methoxy-2-propenyl)benzophenone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00005a050

The ozonolyses of (E)- and (Z)-o-(2-phenyl-3-methoxy-2-propenyl)benzophenone (6), which should proceed through a common carbonyl oxide intermediate 15, afforded distinctly different reaction product mixtures, suggesting that the substrate stereochemistry